Geng Xingshuang told his uncle what happened in Bofu this morning.

"I already knew that the old witch was not a good thing!"

Ruan Jin finally couldn't hold back and muttered.

"Tell me, what do you want my uncle to do?"

"Although Yu Yapo is also doing ordinary business, but Mrs. Bo specially invited her to Bofu today, naturally she will not just sell half a roll of three people to other big families to be maids, I guess...... It is very likely that the three of them will fall into the pickled realm, so I asked my uncle to take someone to Yuya's house in Liu'er Hutong to buy half a roll and Xianglan, how much Mrs. Bo sold, my uncle can buy it back with a little more silver, and then transfer the deed of half a roll to my name, and transfer the deed of Xianglan to the name of the sixth sister. ”

It always takes some procedures for others to handle the deed of turning, but for the head of the fast team who is one of the three classes of the Yamen of Ningdu Mansion, it is really not a matter to transfer the deed of the next person.

"Okay, after those two girls buy them, I'll take them home directly and let your aunt take care of them, when you have a place to place them, just pick them up."

Ruan Jin nodded without saying a word, and glanced at the bamboo basket carried by the painting curtain, "The cake is for me, bring it!" ”

The curtain hurriedly handed the bamboo basket to Ruan Jin, Ruan Jin turned around and walked back, not forgetting to explain: "I'll go find a few brothers, you go and get busy with you, pay attention to safety, come to find your uncle when you encounter something that is not easy to handle, or go to your cousin, although he is not good, but he is always a man, and many things will be easier to do with his help." ”

Before the words fell, the person had already entered the gate of the palace.

From the time the two uncles and nephews met to separated, they didn't take more than a cup of tea, and they were so neat and refreshing that Geng Xingchen was almost stunned.

"Let's go."

Before Geng Xingchen could express his opinion, Geng Xingshuang had already turned around and walked towards the carriage that was parked not far away.

"Fifth sister, will Uncle Ruan really help me rescue Xianglan too?"

After getting into the carriage and sitting down, Geng Xingshuang first ordered Li Deng, who was driving the car, "Go to Chaoxing Street", and then gave Geng Xingchen, who was still a little worried, a reassurance.

"Since my uncle agreed, he will definitely save it, unless there is any force majeure reason, there should be a response after lunch."

Geng Xingchen was happy at first, but after thinking about it, she felt a little embarrassed, she glanced at Geng Xingshuang, and asked tentatively: "Fifth sister, you ask Uncle Ruan to turn around for Banjuan and Xianglan, after the deed is transferred, will you let Banjuan go back to the house again?" ”

"Naturally not."

Finally asked about the key place, although Geng Xingshuang was not so worried about letting Xia know that the maid she sold for a large price was bought back at the original price, after all, this matter can be hidden for a while, but it is difficult to hide it for a long time.

But she still wants to hide it for a while, at least until the things she is busy with are on track.

Therefore, Banjuan will not appear in the mansion for the time being, so it is naturally best not to go back to Xianglan, who is in the same situation as Banjuan.

"Fifth sister, do you want to keep half a roll at Uncle Ruan's house all the time? Can you also let Xianglan and Banjuan together, don't worry, I will give Xianglan's chewing, and I will slowly repay the silver that ransomes her back and the silver needed for the deed of turning. ”

The carriage was "clicking" and driving, Geng Xingchen didn't hear Geng Xingshuang's answer after he finished speaking, only the noisy noises outside the carriage, Geng Xingchen felt a little bottomless in his heart, and felt that his request was too much, not only asked the fifth sister to pay the silver in advance, but also asked her to take in Xianglan first, and the person who temporarily took in was not the fifth sister herself, but her uncle's house.

"If it ......"

"Sixth sister, didn't you ask me why I didn't save the sinking water?"

Geng Xingchen was silent for a while, and said: "I don't have any silver, Fifth Sister, you don't have much silver, in fact, if I hadn't just heard what you and Uncle Ruan said, knowing that my grandmother had come to Yu Yapo to sell them for a good price, the place where I went would definitely not be good, and I didn't have to redeem Xianglan, let's ...... Xianglan followed me day and night to do needlework, if she was bought by a wealthy family to be a maid, it would be good to get a few hundred or even one or two taels a month. ”

She sighed and said in a low tone, "It's just that I didn't expect grandmother...... There is a shortage of money in the house, but ...... But that's not it...... As for Shenshui, there are three sisters, the eldest uncle and the second uncle, the second uncle is still an official, the third sister is also loved by the second aunt, she is richer than us, and Shenshui has always been loyal to her, fifth sister, we don't have to be nosy with dogs! ”

"You're the dog!"

Geng Xingshuang glared at her angrily, Geng Xingchen consciously lost his words and begged for mercy.

The two sisters talked and walked all the way, and after half an hour, the carriage stopped in front of a small two-story building.

"Fifth sister, this can't be your shop, right?"

Geng Xingshuang nodded, "Let's go, let's go in and have a look." ”

Geng Xingchen subconsciously followed Geng Xingshuang to go inside, inside was a long and short room, near the back door there is a wooden staircase spiraling upward, the shape is ingenious and chic, the handrails on both sides of the stairs have been specially treated, it is a variety of small and delicate wooden frames, like a separate treasure rack.

There is also a small courtyard behind the small building, the small courtyard has three main houses, two side rooms on each side, there is a laurel tree in the courtyard, and there is a well.

The more Geng Xingchen looked, the more surprised she became, she opened her mouth a few times to speak, but she had to stop for a while because she was taken by Geng Xingshuang to see more scenes, and focused on looking at the various furnishings in this shop and some novelty objects that she had never seen before.

After looking upstairs and downstairs, Geng Xingchen finally made a sound.

"Fifth sister, don't tell me, this is the shop you rented."

She asked questions that were almost soulful.

"Well, with a rent of two hundred and sixty taels a year, do you think this street is not prosperous enough, or is this shop too small."

Without waiting for Geng Xingchen to express his opinion, Geng Xingshuang then explained: "Don't look at this Chaoxing Street, which is not as prosperous as Changning Street, Qingyu Street, and Xuanlang Street, but the flow of people is not a lot. ”

Geng Xingshuang pulled Geng Xingchen to the door, pointed to the shops on both sides of the street and introduced: "You see that this street has gold, silver and jade sellers, jewelry sellers, good restaurants and restaurants, carriages and horse shops and inns, look, there is a medical hall over there, although the so-called sparrows are small and complete, and there are several large residential areas such as Shuangfu Hutong, Jinyue Hutong, Guixiang Hutong, Xinghua Lane and so on near Chaoxing Street. The worst can also be given back to the capital. ”

After Geng Xingshuang's brief introduction, she waited for Geng Xingchen to give her some opinions, but she waited for a long time, and she didn't wait for Geng Xingchen to speak, she was a little puzzled, could it be that the sixth sister felt that her shop was really not very good, and she had nothing to say?

That's not going to work, she's counting on her to help herself.

Geng Xingshuang was about to boast about this shop from other angles, when he heard Geng Xingchen's somewhat floating voice.

"Fifth sister, you ...... It's really rich! ”

The rent of 260 taels a year, and the chewing of their uncle's mansion is handed over to their grandmother according to the first 20 taels of silver per room in a month, which means that each room is 240 taels a year.

She remembers that two years ago, her grandmother secretly begged for the dowry of her three daughters-in-law, and went to the big house and three rooms to fight together, and won the result that each room chewed its own silver since then.

They did not fight for the equal treatment they deserved in this family.

Obviously, the big house and the third room were the same before, everyone was shy in their pockets, even if the dowry of the eldest aunt and her mother was saved, but in the past two years, I have gone a lot, and I don't know how long I can last.

Recently, she had heard her father and her mother secretly talk about the shortage of money, and they had been arguing about it from time to time.

But when did the fifth sister become so rich? And opening a shop is not only the rent of two hundred and sixty taels, but also the various decorative ornaments in it, as well as the clothes, shoes and wages of the guys, embroiderers, and garment makers that need to be put on the shelves in the future, which need to be paid in advance before the business is on the right track.

"Part of this money was given by the second brother, and part of it was paid by Sister Yan, and the rest was paid by me."

Geng Xingchen felt that the fifth sister seemed to be hiding something, but she didn't have time to dig deeper, and her eyes were full of this two-story shop, the fifth sister was too powerful, hmm...... She's so envious!